Most sheep ranches were in isolated locations, and few had sufficient children or resources to warrant establishing a rural primary school: many young children were therefore obliged to board in the city. The families in this photo were fortunate in having their own facilities: here the manager´s children socialized naturally with the sons and daughters of farm labourers.

In the photo (left to right) Back row: Santiago Lentrizco H., Olena B. de Lentrizco, Héctor Molina Guzmán, ¿ ?, Jacinto Pérez Naranjo, Guacolda de Alvarado, ¿ ?, Mrs. Turner (telephonist), William A. Rayment (accountant). Next-to-back row: ¿ ?, Nina Pérez Villaroel, ¿ ?. Next-to-front row: Odilia Cruz de Castreje (schoolmistress), Irene Lentrizco B., Eleana Alvarado V., ¿ ?, ¿ ?, ¿ ?, Sylvia Alvarado V., Amparo de Rayment. Front row: Carlos Pérez Villaroel, Peter Neilson Plunkett, Héctor Molina Mansilla, ¿ ?, Penelope Neilson Plunkett. [Read more about this ranch.]